Writers Take On “Corporate Greed” During Rally For A Fair Contract

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There’s a festival feel at the La Brea Tar Pits with live performances from Aloe Blacc and Boots Riley. Blacc said that he was there to sing for the writers and that he wishes “there was more I could do for you” but that he stands in “solidarity” (see clip below).

But while there’s live music, the sense of injustice from the thousand-plus writers attending the WGA Strong March and Rally for a Fair Contract was even louder.

Adam Conover, the WGAW Board and Negotiating Committee Member who organized the event, drew large cheers when he pointed out that the writers were being supported by a slew of other unions, including actors, directors, drivers, janitors and strippers. “Corporate greed” has been the main message from stage as the strike passes 50 days. “We’re all in it together, we’re all fighting the same fight, for a sustainable job in the face of corporate greed,” Conover said on stage. “We didn’t plan for all of those yachts to get attacked by orcas… [but] it proves that the sea itself is on our side.

There’s an unprecedented level of support that we have never seen before and that is why we’re going to win. We are going to win because [the studios] need us.